From Titans by Mary Ting

Author:Mary Ting [Ting, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Mason

Eris jabbered about the Minotaur and the Labyrinth. I had tuned her out for most of the story until I heard Sky would be there and I would also be running through the Labyrinth. I didn’t care about me, but I cared about Sky and my family and friends, who would be running away from Cronus and God knows what.

When we portaled through Crete, I had expected to appear in front of the water, but instead we had landed inside the Labyrinth. Glancing around, I sighed in disappointment. Somehow, I hoped to find a way to escape. I would have a better chance on the outskirts of the Labyrinth. Instead, tall bushes as long as the colossal structure encased me. My long black cape swayed with the chilly wind and I shivered, breaking me out of my observation.

“Don’t even think it, Mason. You can jump, climb, zap your way with—” she wiggled her fingers “—lightning, but you can’t escape. I suggest you save your energy for what’s to come instead. Or…” She paused. “You can come with me, and we can live together forever.”

I was about to tell her off when she spoke again, shaking her head. “Never mind. I need you here as bait.” She opened a small portal. “It’s too bad you have to die. You’re so handsome. A waste. Bye.”

Eris was so demanding and clingy that when she left, my lungs expanded and fresh air passed through me. I’d rather die trying to find Sky than be with Eris. Good riddance! My attention shifted to a brick wall and thoughts of Sky entered my mind. Strange, it wasn’t there a second ago. I debated what to do, but seeing no other option, and assuming it was my only way out, I sent a blast of lightning.

The wall exploded, creating a big gap in the middle, as if a giant bullet went through it. I blinked. Far in the distance stood my Sky, looking straight back at me.

“Sky?” My heart pounded in elation. Without hesitation, I dashed with the speed of a god’s descendant, my cape flapping behind me.

“Sky.” I reached to wrap my arms around her…but I ended up hugging myself. What the hell?

An illusion? “It’s never simple!” I roared at the top of my lungs, sick of Eris’s games and so tired of being separated from Sky, all because of her psycho revenge against Zeus. This wasn’t our fight. Why were the descendants always stuck in the middle?

The illusion of Sky appeared disappointed as she too tried to hug me. How in the world did Eris conjure this up? I waved my hand through Sky’s body. Watching her drop her shoulders and sigh disconsolately broke my heart. With bags under her eyes, her cheeks and clothes smudged with dirt, and some parts of her clothes burnt, she clearly had gone through hell. I didn’t like her being in the Labyrinth, but I also knew she wasn’t alone. My goal to find her gave me that much more determination.

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